Improvement in card-racks



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@stent @titille Letters Patent No. 98,831, dated January 11, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARD-RACKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent. and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concer-n Be it known that I, .CHARLES F. WILSON, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of N ew York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Gard- Holder; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof',which will enable others skilledkin the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification.

rlhis invention relates to a new and useful improvement in device forholding cards, whereby durability, cheapuess, and simplicity arecombined, while the position of the card is secured in the mosteffective manner.

The invention consists in forming of metal, or other suitable material,by cutting or punching, a succession of fingers and tongues, and bendingthem, so that while the fingers support the card, the tongue acts as aspring against the back of. the card, and holds it more securely, aswill he hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing-4- Figure l represents a front view of arack thus formed, as when in use. Y

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same through the line :c az.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a strip of metal, or other suitable material, (it may bethin hoop or band-metal,) brass be'- ing preferred.

The edges of this strip may be beaded or flanged, so as to ornamentandstiffeu it, as seen at B B.

G C represent the fingers, and D, the tongue, by which the card is held.

E represents the card. The fingers and tongue are cut from the strip,ex-

cept at the base-end of each, as at f, and are bent out from that point,as seen at fig. 2, so that while the card rests against the inside ofthe fingers, with its lower edge iu the angle above f, the tongue actsas a spring against the back of the card, and holds it securely to itsplace. i

The arrangementmay be such that either or both the `ngers and tongue mayact as springs for holding the card, if such a Inode be preferred.

A single ngerand tongue, or more than one tongue and more than twoingers, may be used, if desired, and these parts may be duplicated toany required extent on the same plate or strip.

In hotels or business-houses these strips thus, preand eliicient methodof holding. and exhibiting cards.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The construction and arrangement on the strip ofmet-al A, of the hooks C O and the tongue D, punched `up Ii'om thestrip, iu the manner described.

Witnesses: l

4JOHN N. MATLOCK, FRANK B.` WHITE.

